shift
verb (used with object)
to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange.
shiftingness
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a word derived from
shift.
Example Sentences
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His real objection to so-called Parliaments, it will be found, lay in the association with them of the ideas of shiftingness, interruptedness, successiveness, the turmoil and debauchery of successive general elections.
From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson
